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# Get Message Count • AI Agent SDK

> get_message_count: Get the number of messages in the transcript window.

# get\_message\_count

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> This is a method of the [**PreparedTurnContext**](../classes/PreparedTurnContext) class in the [**turn\_context**](../modules/turn_context) module.

Get the number of messages in the transcript window.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def get_message_count() -> int
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="int">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Used By

* [`DefaultTurnContextBuilder.build_context`](../functions/DefaultTurnContextBuilder-build_context)
* [`PreparedTurnContext.to_dict`](../functions/PreparedTurnContext-to_dict)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/runtime/turn_context.py` at line 247
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